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Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned from the Major League Baseball club after disparaging comments he made earlier this month were made public over the weekend, according to an announcement Monday by team chairman John Stanton.
Comments spark outrage across MLB
Mather also faced controversy in 2018
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